CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................................................................... 3 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................................... 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................................... 6 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 7 METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................................................... 8 SETTING OUT THE YARDSTICK ............................................................................................................................. 8 IDENTIFICATION OF THEMES FOR THE FORMULATION OF THE FRAMEWORK ................................................... 9 THE FRAMEWORK ............................................................................................................................................. 10 SCORING AND AGGREGATION ........................................................................................................................ 122 LIMITATIONS OF THE METHODOLOGY .............................................................................................................. 13 OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF THE NPP GOVERNMENT ..................................................................................... 13 ECONOMY (57.62%) ....................................................................................................................................... 15 ECONOMY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY (52.53%) .................................................................................................... 15 TOURISM, CULTURE AND CREATIVE ARTS (73.81%) ......................................................................................... 18 AGRICULTURE (59.54%) .................................................................................................................................... 19 HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT (55.87%) ....................................................................................................... 22 EDUCATION (55%) .......................................................................................................................................... 22 HEALTH (56.77%)............................................................................................................................................... 24 SOCIAL SECTOR (58.85%) ................................................................................................................................ 27 INFRASTRUCTURE (51.71%) ............................................................................................................................ 30 ENERGY SECTOR (57.57%) ................................................................................................................................. 30 LANDS AND NATURAL RESOURCES (59.1 %) ..................................................................................................... 34 STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT (51.26%) ............................................................................................................. 35 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION AND ENVIRONMENT (30%) .................................................................. 38 GOVERNANCE (59.2%) .................................................................................................................................... 40 GOVERNANCE, CORRUPTION & PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY (43%) ..................................................................... 41 CORRUPTION ..................................................................................................................................................... 41 RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND MEDIA FREEDOM ............................................................................................. 42 SECURITY (72%) ................................................................................................................................................. 43 FOREIGN AFFAIRS (79%) .................................................................................................................................... 43 LOCAL GOVERNMENT (37%) ............................................................................................................................. 43 CHIEFTAINCY, RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS AND CIVIL SOCIETY (70.8%) ........................................................................ 44 REFERENCES ...................................................................................................................................................... 45 2 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. iManifesto Scoring Scale ________________________________________________________________________ 11 Figure 2; Simplified Scoring Matrix ________________________________________________________________________ 12 Figure 3. Maximum, Raw, Thematic Scores and the Overall Performance of the NPP Government _____________ 14 Figure 4: The Current Performance of the NPP Government _________________________________________________ 14 Figure 5. Scores for Economy, Trade and Industry __________________________________________________________ 16 Figure 6. Scores for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts _____________________________________________________ 18 Figure 7. Scores for Agriculture ___________________________________________________________________________ 20 Figure 9: Scores for Education ____________________________________________________________________________ 23 Figure 10: Scores for Health ______________________________________________________________________________ 24 Figure 11: Score for Social Sector _________________________________________________________________________ 27 Figure 12:Energy Sector Score ____________________________________________________________________________ 31 Figure 13: Structural Development Score __________________________________________________________________ 36 Figure 14: Scores for Science, Technology, Innovation and Environment ____________ Error! Bookmark not defined. Figure 15: Score for Governance __________________________________________________________________________ 41 3 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AU African Union CRC Constitutional Review Committee DACF District Assemblies Common Fund CDD Ghana Centre For Democratic Development CHPS Community-based Health Planning Services CSO Civil Society Organization DCE District Chief Executive FCUBE Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education GDP Gross Domestic Product IMMA Manifesto Assessment Framework IAT IMANI Assessment Team LEAP Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty LI Legislative Instrument MMDA Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assembly MoF Ministry of Finance MoFEP Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning MoGCSP Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection MP Member of Parliament NACOB Narcotics Control Board NDC National Democratic Congress NHIL National Health Insurance Levy NHIS National Health Insurance Scheme NPP New Patriotic Party NYEP National Youth Employment Program OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development PPP Public Private Partnership SMART Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound TOR Tema Oil Refinery UN United Nations VAT Value-Added Tax VRA Volta River Authority YES Youth Enterprise Support 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As the country prepares for the general election on December 7 2020, it is almost inevitable, that political parties and their respective flagbearers continue active engagement of citizens, making commitments to arrest the myriad of challenges confronting Ghanaians, ranging from the management of the economy to improving security. IMANI has been assessing the performance of governments against their manifesto promises since 2008. For the NPP, the iManifesto project has provided a critical analysis of its key promises in 2015 before the 2016 election. After President Nana Addo's government assumed office, there was an assessment of the 100 days in office and a progress (midterm) report on the performance of the NPP government in 2019. Since the launch of the progress report on the government, a lot has happened across the world, notably the outbreak of COVID19. Together, Ghanaians supported government to fight the virus. From the initial lockdown to the wearing of nose masks, we now live in a new normal where public policy needs to address the devastating effects of the pandemic on the economy. The impact of the pandemic on the manifesto promises of the NPP are both negative and positive with a near net-neutral effect. This is because the pandemic provided an avenue for the government to actualise some manifesto promises. This assessment is necessary not only because it will provide citizens a tool to demand accountability from government and various political actors, it will ensure that; 1. the government will keep a tab on the commitments it may not have executed to date 2. the government will consolidate its accountability mechanisms in documenting and reporting on all initiatives that it has undertaken, particularly those it committed to in its manifesto and crucially 3. a basis is provided for a national discourse on sensitive issues which fall through the cracks during policy design and implementation